42 U.S.C. § 1547
Section 1547 · Preservation of local civil and criminal jurisdiction and civil rights
Amended 6 times on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case United States v. City of Chester (1944)
Most recently applied in 146 F. Supp. 859 - Public Housing Administration v. Bristol Township (January 1957)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the acquisition by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of any real property pursuant to subchapters II to VII of this chapter shall not deprive any State or political subdivision thereof, including any Territory or possession of the United States, of its civil and criminal jurisdiction in and over such property, or impair the civil rights under the State or local law of the inhabitants on such property. As used in this section the term “State” shall include the District of Columbia.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
Subchapters III and VI of this chapter, referred to in text, were comprised of sections 1531 to 1536 and 1571 to 1576, respectively, of this title and have been omitted from the Code. For further details, see note set out under section 1522 of this title.
Codification
Words “including any Territory or possession of the United States” were inserted upon authority of section 4(b) of act June 28, 1941, which provided that when used in this section the term “ ‘State’ includes any Territory or possession of the United States”.
Amendments
1950—Act Apr. 20, 1950, substituted “Housing and Home Finance Administrator” for “National Housing Administrator”.
1942—Act Apr. 10, 1942, inserted last sentence.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see note set out under section 1522 of this title.
Functions of Federal Works Administrator relating to defense housing consolidated with other agencies into National Housing Agency during World War II by Ex. Ord. No. 9070.